Effects of forest biodiversity on microbial growth and activity in specific microsites and across the landscape

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Francois Buscot, since 2/2014
• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
• Term: from 2011 to 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 35758305

• Final Report Year: 2018

Final Report Abstract

In Summary, SP13 has contributed knowledge regarding tree species-microbial functional interactions both at the broad plot and biodiversity scale of the BEF-China experiment, as well as in specific ecosystem compartments such as decomposing litter, the rhizosphere, or decomposing wood. This ultifaceted approach is contributing knowledge to many aspects of biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships.

Publications

• (2016). Soil and tree species traits both shape soil microbial communities during early growth of Chinese subtropical forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 96: 180-190
  Pei, Z, Eichenberg D Bruelheide H, Kröber W, Kühn P, Li Y, von Oheimb G, Purschke O, Scholten T, Buscot F, &Gutknecht JLM
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.02.004)
• (2017). Leaf litter diversity alters microbial activity, microbial abundances, and nutrient cycling in a subtropical forest ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 134: 163-181
  Pei Z, Leppert K, Eichenberg D, Bruelheide H, Niklaus P, Buscot F, Gutknecht JLM
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0353-6)